Learning Abroad Center

UMTC Undergraduate Participation Data

At the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities

The Twin Cities campus ranked 2nd in the Big Ten and 24th among doctorate-granting universities in numbers of students sent abroad on credit-bearing programs in 2020–21 (2022 Open Doors Data Report).

About 21% of UMTC undergraduate students studied abroad in 2022–23 (Calculated based on the number of students abroad divided by the number of degrees granted that academic year).

The data below include all undergraduate students who participated in a learning abroad program through the Learning Abroad Center or Carlson Global Institute or registered their University-purpose travel through the GPS Alliance.

An infographic of the different participation data sets within the LAC

Top destinations (2022–23)

  1. Spain
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. Italy
  5. Germany
  6. Japan
  7. South Korea
  8. Denmark
  9. Ireland
  10. Sweden

How long do students spend abroad (2022–23)?

50% Short-term
48% Semester
2% Year-long

Who studies abroad (2022–23)?

65% Female
33% Male
2% Other/Not Specified


72% White
14 % Asian
5% No information/Not Specified
4% Black/African American
4% Hispanic/Latino
1% American Indian/Alaska Native

Undergraduate Student Participation by UMTC Collegiate Unit*    

Collegiate Unit2022–2023 2021–2022 2020–2021 2019–2020 2018–2019 
Carlson School of Management77229788580899
College of Biological Sciences100712694147
College of Continuing and Professional Studies30232948791048
College of Design82696283143
College of Education and Human Development1128736169264
College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences1259228109193
College of Liberal Arts640520227625998
College of Science and Engineering1558727187346
School of Nursing9435276

*Data for 2021–22 and later lists the numbers of majors and minors in each college who participated in a learning abroad program. The sum of the college numbers is greater than the total number of UMTC students who went abroad that year because a student will be counted more than once if they have a major in one college and a minor in another college.

Scholarships

1,326 scholarship applications were submitted by students, of which 247 were awarded a scholarship by the LAC (2022–23).

For more detailed information:

Student Program Enrollment Report
The Twin Cities Learning Abroad Center uses an application and enrollment management tool called Slate for students going abroad (beginning Fall 2021). To request access please complete the Tableau Reports Request form.

Open Doors Report Website
Open Doors tracks the number of U.S. students who studied abroad for credit during the academic year.

BTAA International Learning Mobility Benchmark—2016

UMTC Study Abroad Statistics, pre-12–13

University of Minnesota Criteria for a Learning Abroad Experience (PDF)

Time to Graduation Data
For college or department level data please contact your departmental/collegiate liaison